Finding Forgiveness When I Feel Sorrow for My Sin
A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. – Psalm 130:1-8 (ESV)
In this sermon on Psalm 130:1-8, Pastor Dan Sonnenberg unpacks the psalmist’s cry “Out of the depths” as a model for the Christian journey from despair to hope. He explains how sin weighs on the conscience like the crushing depths of the sea, yet God invites us to cry out to Him for mercy. Through Christ’s sacrifice, forgiveness is not only available but immediate, inclusive, and transformative—leading believers into reverence for God and renewed communion with Him. This hope sustains us in times of darkness, empowers us to persevere in faith, and moves us to share God’s steadfast love and abundant redemption with others.